Key dates over August 1915
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Lives lost on this day: 4
15th August 1915 - Fruiterer arrested
Rolling casualty count: 2199
3rd Batt: In trenches near La Brique;
Worcester fruiterer Ernest Hale was arrested and charged for abusing police officers in Sidbury as they arrested a drunken wounded soldier. Hale has had a number of similar appearances in Court on his record and was bound over to keep the peace.
Casualties
- Pte. William Lane 12579 - 4th Batt:
- Pte. Samuel Richards 9502 - 4th Batt:
- Major William Barker 9th Batt:
- Pte. David Billingham 15269 - 9th Batt: